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From: pa1285@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (David L. Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: as and ld rewrite
Keywords: as ld
Message-ID: <5948@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Date: 6 Jan 90 22:07:19 GMT
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I am considering, as a project, a rewrite of the PC-Minix assembler and
linker.  The current program, asld, is a combination of the two unix programs
as, and ld.   This scheme requires that library references must be
assembled at link time, along with the entire program.  When working
with even a moderatly large program, changing one file can result in
another ten minute link (on my machine at least).

What I need is any information that is available about the PC-Minix assembler.
I am sure that it contains some quirks.  The language that is assembles
is not completely defined.  I can tell some things by the code the
compiler generates, and by existing assembly programs, but more extensive
information would be useful.

I appreciate any help that I receive, and would like to be able to
produce a package that could replace asld.

David L. Brown
dbrown@ucsd.edu